Autograph letter signed : Boston, Mass., to Winslow Lewis, [Boston, Mass.?], December 5, 1849. Page 01-03.

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Title:
Autograph letter signed : Boston, Mass., to Winslow Lewis, [Boston, Mass.?], December 5, 1849. Page 01-03.
Description:
Following the discovery of charred human bones and some artificial teeth in the laboratory of John White Webster, Harvard's Erving Professor of Chemistry, scientific experts were called in to provide anatomical and chemical analyses of the remains on December 2, 1849. The letter from Charles T. Jackson, describing some of the chemical findings, was addressed to Winslow Lewis, who headed a committee charged with making a post-mortem report which was then used as evidence in the 1850 trial of John White Webster for the murder of George Parkman. Winslow Lewis, Charles T. Jackson, and other members of the medical committee were examined as part of the proceedings on March 20 and 21.
Creator:
Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880.
Date:
December 5, 1849
Format:
Documents
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Manuscripts and Archives
Subjects:
Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880
Lewis, Winslow, 1799-1875
Medical jurisprudence
Webster, John White, 1793-1850
Parkman, George, 1790-1849
Extent:
3 handwritten pages.
Link to Item:
https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17801
Terms of Use:
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Language:
English
Notes:
Lloyd E. Hawes collection of autographed letters, 1791-1967.
Purchased by Dr. Lloyd E. Hawes for the Library of Harvard Medical School, 1973.
Identifier:
H MS c1.